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FIPS code. 24-45750. GNIS feature ID. 0585340. Website. www.townoflaplata.org. La Plata (/ ləˈpleɪtə / lə-PLAY-tə) [3] is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the county seat of Charles County.
The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [3] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 , causing at least $115 million in damages. [ 6 ]
98000886 [1] Added to NRHP. July 23, 1998. The Hermitage is a historic home located at La Plata, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, three bay frame dwelling with a dormered gable roof. The home was built about 1847 in the Federal style, and has a pair of brick, exterior chimneys at one end and a deep wraparound veranda ...
83003777 [1] Added to NRHP. November 23, 1983. Oak Grove is a historic home located at La Plata, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It was built in the early Federal style about 1800, and is a one-story, two part brick house of Flemish bond masonry. Two outbuildings date from the 19th century: a small frame dependency built about 1830 ...
The Crips and the Bloods, two street gangs founded in Los Angeles, California, have been engaged in a gang war since the 1970s. The war is made up of smaller, local conflicts between chapters of both gangs, and has mostly taken place in major cities in the United States, especially Los Angeles (L.A.).
La Plata vicinity: part of the Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland MPS: 11: La Grange: La Grange: October 22, 1976 : Maryland Route 6, west of U.S. Route 301: La Plata: 12: Linden: Linden: November 23, 1977 : North of Port Tobacco on Mitchell Rd.
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5][6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
Raymond Diocrès (died 1084) was a professor of the University of Paris. Diocrès is known for a miracle that took place at his funeral, [ 1 ] which was depicted in several artistic works. The story goes that at his funeral Diocrès briefly returned to life, in order to swear to the assembly that God had judged and condemned his soul.